Honoured to have been awarded this magnificent trophy for “outstanding contributions to design engineering” by the @InstEngDes. Such an incredible roll call of names around the base - Sir J. Ive, Heatherwick, Baylis, Dyson etc. In the 35yr history of the prize, I’m the 1st woman!

Glory by claire curneen in the memento mori room in 'In Living Memory' at Emo Court. 'Curneen’s work offers us a precious liminal space of contemplation, like an altar or an icon but crucially, if there is devotion here, it is to humanity and creativity.' Teleri Lloyd-Jones.

"7 Key Moments You Missed From #BritishFashionAwards2019" Vogue Magazine - first year fashion students from #csm delivered our annual White Show (using only white fabric) Royal Albert Hall! Hair by @lorealprouk. bit.ly/35Y8PRs #fashion #catwalk #centralsaintmartins

Thought I’d draw a more accurate calendar for 2020 so far....

International names for the @ symbol: 8. Alpha twirl (Norwegian) 7. Strudel (Hebrew) 6. Little dog (Russian) 5. Moon’s ear (Kazakh) 4. Meow sign (Finnish) 3. Elephant’s trunk (Danish) 2. Little monkey’s bollock (Dutch) 1. The “at” symbol (English, the language of Shakespeare)

Quite the judgement on British food that we’ve only just noticed loss of taste

Brilliant: When the euro bank notes were designed, they used European-style bridges which were *non-existing*, not to have to choose between countries. The Dutch town of Spijkenisse claimed them all for the Netherlands by building them on a waterway.

Thinking about that UCL study from 2017 that said audience heart beats can start to synchronise during live theatre performances. 🎭💞 'Experiencing the live theatre performance was extraordinary enough to overcome group differences & produce a common physiological experience.'

Japanese artist Sakura Hanafusa made an artwork to interact with - her hand carved, high fiving cat sculpture 'High Seven', 2016, modelled on her family cats #womensart

40% decline in kids taking art GCSE since 2010…

oh yes absolutely make your smug little joke right in the middle of a useable quote, you massive divot, that's the sensible thing to do

Looking forward to it! x.com/sebastiancoxlt…

'Bakker depicts difference as if it did not matter... naive, but intentionally and strategically so' Glenn Adamson disegnodaily.com/article/create…

'Boredom is dangerous'

Wong Kar-wai's In The Mood For Love Curzon Fashion in Film - no better way to start the weekend

Have a bucket load of interviews to transcribe and the first audio file turns out to be a recording of my commute home. Doesn't bode well.

Great idea The Washington Post: All of Donald J. Trump's tweets since his inauguration - printed as a two pager.

The time to be polite is over...